How to remove Shortcut virus using cmd ?

The Shortcut viruses are those which converts all your data from your pen drive or Hard disk to shortcuts, but they are recoverable. just follow the below given steps to remove shortcut virus from pen drive and recover back your files.

• Go to Start -> Run -> cmd.
• Go to your pen drive directory.
• Type this command: del *.lnk and press Enter.
• Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d e:\*.* And then press Enter.

Recover your files :

You can recover your files through Winrar.

1.  Open WINRAR Application.
2. Navigate to your Pendrive location or PC Folder location.
3. Copy Files and Paste where you want.
4. Format your Pendrive.

Got some Files in your pen drive but they are empty! Because of the virus in your pendrive malfunctions your drive. How to remove this empty folder virus and recover files? Follow the steps given below.

• Start -> Run -> cmd.
• Type this command: attrib -h -r -s /s /d x:\*.*
• Here the letter “x” should be replaced with the drive alphabet of your pendrive that you have inserted into the computer.
• If your pendrive shows the drive alphabet as “J”, then type  this command: attrib -h -r -s /s /d j:\*.* And then press Enter.

Restart your Pc for the changes to take place… So these were some methods to find and remove different viruses using Command Prompt. I hope this will help many of my Readers